One of the allegations against Robert Coles was investigated in 1997, and an arrest was made, but there was insufficientevidence to justify criminal proceedings at that time.
Last month police and the Crown Prosecution Service decided there was insufficientevidence to make a criminal case against the peer over his expenses claims during his time as leader of Essex County Council and closed their files.
But the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) said there was insufficientevidence to show that either man had assisted soldiers who were allegedly responsible for murder and other crimes in Bosnia and Croatia.